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JAIPUR: Terming the rail budget as the "first rail budget dedicated to infrastructure", the ruling BJP in Rajasthan today said it was focused on facilities of people even as the opposition Congress described it as a "hollow budget with no vision". "Security of women passengers, ease in ticket availability, safety and other facilities of passengers were focused in the budget," BJP state president Ashok Parnami said. He said the Railway Minister has focused on completing announcements which were made earlier.

NEW DELHI: The BJP panel which is seeking suggestions on the proposed land acquisition bill has found that the amendments are unexpectedly being perceived "harmful" by farmers while there were certain issues which needed to be dealt with like dispute redressal, according to its members. "We are meeting people from various farmer unions and agricultural organisations and seeking their views to understand what their objections are to the clauses of the ordinance. We will give consolidated feedback to party president who will further consult with senior leaders and take a call," said former Union Minister Satyapal Malik, who is the convener of the eight-member committee.

CHANDIGARH: The ruling SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab today swept the civic polls held last week by clinching four of the six Municipal Corporation seats. Interestingly, BJP was ahead of its partner SAD in three seats. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said that people of Punjab have reposed faith in "progressive and result oriented" policies of the alliance. However, former Congress Chief Minister Amarinder Singh alleged that the polls were "brutally manipulated" by the Akalis.

In a chat with ET Now, Nalin Kohli, BJP Spokesman, talks about the upcoming Budget and sheds light on various other issues. Excerpts: ET Now: Much has been analysed about the BJP's Delhi poll drubbing. Will the Delhi verdict change the contours of budget making? Will Budget 2015 be less pragmatic? Will it be less rationalist and perhaps a little more populist? Nalin Kohli: Polls and budget-making are not related exercises. Let us understand what is budget-making.

NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked party MPs to counter the "myths" propagated by the opposition parties against land bill, BJP today launched a major initiative to project the good elements of the new bill introduced by it in Lok Sabha. The party claimed that Congress-ruled states and its chief ministers had also raised objection to the UPA's bill. BJP has also launched a major online drive to highlight the good points in the bill that it touted as "farmer-friendly".

AGARTALA: CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat today said the people of the country are facing a "rightist onslaught" from the NDA government and RSS who are going ahead "with an agenda of forming a Hindu state. " "On one hand the Narendra Modi government is creating good days for the rich and the RSS is trying to divide the country along communal line on the other. This is being done by launching attacks on Muslims and Christians and together they are going ahead with an agenda of forming a Hindu state," Karat said at a public rally here organized on the occasion of CPI(M)

LUCKNOW: Staging a walkout from the Assembly proceedings, BJP and Congress members today alleged that the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh was not serious about clearing the pending payments of the cane farmers. The issue was raised during the Question Hour by members of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, who sought state government's response over the non-payment of dues to cane farmers by them and also the sugar mills. Responding in the matter, state minister Ram Karan Arya told the House that the total amount pending for the year 2013-14 was Rs 19,388.17 crores of which nearly 97 per cent has been paid by the government while the remaining has to be paid by private mills.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has empowered states through more financial independence and risen above partisan politics to create "history" in Centre-state ties, BJP has said while lauding Centre's move to accept recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission. Describing him as a 'true federalist', BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said, "Prime Minister Modi (is) creating history in Center-state relations by making states financially empowered in a big way. " BJP President Amit Shah , in a statement, late last night said the Prime Minister has risen above partisan politics by empowering the states financially by enhancing their share in central taxes.

NEW DELHI: A ruling BJP MP today embarrassed the government by saying in Lok Sabha that the mid-day meal scheme, sponsored by the Centre, has become "poisonous meal", leading to strong objection from HRD Minister Smriti Irani . She, however, admitted that complaints have been received with regard to poor quality of meals especially related to aspects of food safety. During the question hour, Ravindra Kumar Pandey , member from Jharkhand , said in many places in his state, children are being given stale and inconsumable food and many students have fallen sick after eating poor quality food offered in school.

LUCKNOW: BJP today slammed Uttar Pradesh government over Minister Shankhlal Majhi's statement in state Assembly that people booked under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act get off easy as the regulation is "flexible" and "complex". The matter was raised during Question Hour by BJP member Shyamdeo Roy Chowdhury and Congress member Akhilesh Pratap Singh. In his reply, Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare , Majhi said that as PNDT Act was "flexible" and "complex", those booked under it get off lightly.